SIMON BECK
THE ARTIST SIMON BECK MADE AT CIAMPAC AN INCREDIBLE WORK OF SNOW ART
The work, created in a 10,000 square meter area overlooking the Sella Group, is the first ever in the Dolomites.
Wear snowshoes to create real works of art. This is what Simon Beck, an internationally renowned English artist, does. He has been in recent days in the Ciampac basin, reachable by cable car from Alba di Canazei, to create one of his incredible creations.
The subject represented in the drawing is the logo of the ski area which, through a play of lines, pays homage to the unmistakable profile of Crepa Neigra, the mountain at the foot of which the ski slopes are located. The drawing which, given its complexity, was reproduced “in negative”, was then inserted into a semicircle and further enriched with fractals depicting snowflakes, typical of Beck’s style.
An original way to inaugurate the new 5 kilometer snowshoe circular route.
Simon Beck’s work of art, which represents the four hundredth creation of his career but an absolute novelty for the Dolomites, is located along the new route, at the foot of Colac, and occupies an area of approximately 10,000 square metres. A majestic work, with a view of the Sella Group, for which the artist worked alone uninterruptedly for 11 hours, from nine in the morning to eight in the evening, covering approximately 50,000 steps for a total distance of approximately 35 kilometers.
If you are in Val di Fassa, come and see it with your own eyes! The work of art will only last until the next snowfall
SIMON BECK
Simon Beck was born in 1958 in London. Raised in the south of England, he attended Oxford University, Faculty of Engineering Sciences (Wadham College), but never adapted to office work so he decided to spend most of his working life dealing with maps of orienteering, a sport that he was passionate about.
In 2004 he bought an apartment at the Les Arcs ski resort in the French Alps. Always passionate about snow and skiing, at a certain point he started making drawings in the snow with snowshoes on his feet. Gradually he began to take drawing more seriously until he began to dedicate more time to this activity than to skiing, soon becoming a point of reference in snow art, so much so that he created spectacular projects for large brands and renowned ski resorts.
